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15 February 1965

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Meeting with AMLASH-1 in Paria, |
31 January to 3 February 1965 |
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following subjects were discussed at the two meetings on 1 and
2 February 1965:

@. The primary reason for again meeting AMLASH~?
before his planned return to Cuba was to brief him on the ‘

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4, Orozco's capture, if he has been captured, presents an ‘
3, indirect threat to the. eecurity of AMLASH-1 and a nore

ay direct threat to the security of AMTRUNE~10 since Orozco

i in Jan 1964 exfiltrated through the rat line established

a by AMICE-14 (Miguelito). Upon his return to Cuba,

Me AMLASH-1 will check the above with AMTR “10; and, if

a Orozeo is under the control of the security service, will

cH decide and Communicate with Miami whether AMLASH-1 an4

still in hiding, If the letter to UNSNAFU-9 mentions a

~~ si good and pleasant return trip, this will mean that Orozco
ig not under the control of the security Service. If the
letter talks abouth long, tiring trip, this will indicate
that Orozco has been arrested. AMLASH-1 was also requested
to send a report on the above and any complications which
have developed or may develop from Orosco's infiltration,

b. AMLASH-1 Suggested that his nom de guerre "Charles,"
which we have been using for the. past three years, be
changed to "Gerardo,"

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| c. AMLASH-1} was given a resupply of S/W developer
{ Pills and carbon, He Planned to take the S/W material

| back with him to Havana, ANLASH-1 Again reviewed with

i UNSNAYU-9 and reminded UNSNAFU-9 to turn over to his Paris

| case officer all letters regardless of how received from

| AMLABH-1 to either UNSNAFU-9 or lotters that may be addreasdg)
| to his parents~-in-lavw, AHLASH-1 also agreed to send S/w

} AMLABH-1 should be immediately air mailed to AMWHIP-}

| in New York, Since AMLASH-1 Will probably find at

| socessary some time not to sign tho letters to Ventura
in his true name, AMWHIP~1 wag algo briefed to infora

i Venturz to forward to New York any letter received from

i Cuba addressed to him and Signed by a person unknown to

| hin, 8/wW letters to AMLASH~1 should continue to be

| addressed to Ernestina Acosta, Edf, No. 526, Apt. 8,

{ Esquina Calles 25 y EH. In an emergency a letter can also
be sent to AMLASH~1' g mother,

4 ad. éMLASH~1 was again debriefed on the cache that had
| been put down for him in Matanzas, He repeated what he
3 had previously reported and attempted to answer most of
H the questtons in the WAVE cable. A cable on thig subject
‘ Was sent from Paris to Headquarters, info WAVE, on 2 Feb,
e AMLASE~1) wag requested to send a message either through
* hig channel or through AUTRUNK-10' s 8/W channel reporting
how much of the radio equipment and other material had

©. AMLASH-1 was asked if he knew of any individual in
Cuba whom he could recruit and who could be inserted into

the Cuban Intelligence Service with the idea of attempting

: ; ' to get the pcGr to assign this man to Caracas, Venezuela,

| AMLASH-1 could think of only one possibility, an individual

Gonzalez, AMLASH-1 has full confidence

: in Gustavo and Gusiavo has Previously been approached on

| Several occasions by Pinero to work for him. Upon his

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' 2. AMLASH-1 reported on the upcoming FEU 6lections
on 10 February 1965, AMLASH~1 stated that Crombet, the
i ; President of the Communist Youth, will become the new.

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president and that his man, Lagéro Mora, would be one of
the vice-presidents. (A cable on this subject was sent
to Headquarters from Paris.)

g. AMLASH-1 was requested to check with Fizzolo
regarding the precautions being taken to prevent sabotage
of the lockotives being shipped from France to Cuba;
Bpecifically, how carefully do they check the placement
of the seals, are they special seals or regular lead
seals, are there going to be any additional checks once
the locomotives reach Cuba, will they drain the of] and
lubricants from the factory to the port, and do they run
the locomotives under their own power or are they towed.
AMLASH-1 agreed to attempt to develop answers to the above
requirements and pass the information to his contact in
the Paris Btation, AMLASH-1 also agreed to attempt to find
out and pass to tho Paris Station through UNSNAFU-9 the
names of the Cuban techs training at La Rochelle.

h. Ina general discussion regarding the pergons with
whom AHMLASH-1 had been in contact either personally or
through letters, AMLASH-1 mentioned Alfredo Portela,
AHLASH-1 stated he had received a letter from Portela and
had in turn written to Portela. He considers Portela a
friend which was the only reason for writing to hin.

: i. AMLASH~-1 was debriefed on Cuban Intelligence
Service personnel. A cable on this subject was sent fron

Paris to Headquarters.

j. A cable was sont from Paris to Headquarters
suggesting WAVE send a S/W letter to AMTRUNK-10 stating:
"Este tranquilo. Carlos regreza pronto,"

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xk. ANMLASH-1 was asked for information on the fol-
lowing persons:

(1) Samuel Gonzalez Rodriguez-Planes. AMLASH-1
reports he is a member of the Ameijeiras group and
is a good and brave man,

(2) Antonio Lugson y Batlle, Chief of Operations
of the General Staff of the Occidental Army.
AMLASH-1 reports Lisson if an indapendent and rare
type individual who keeps to himself and doesn't
involve himself in political matters. AMLASH-1 has
heard nothing bad about Lusson,

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(5) Luis Manue? Centillo Tofrac. Assigned to
the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security
people. He was formerly assigned to Brazil, is young
and has for several years been with Pinero and the
Cuban 18,

(6) Enrique Oltuski Osacki. Oltuski is a close
friend of Faustino Perez and his stock eith the regine
Fises or falls as does that of Faustino. .

Paris. TolyYon is staying in Paris at the request of
Ambassador Carrillo,

1. Gastro enteritis, water pollution and unsanitary
conditions. AMLASH-1 states there are no real problems,
elthough the scarcity and lack of a braianced diet do

j cause some problems. The purification of water has been
A . & problex which probably has been the cause of some of the
| sickness in the country. —"

iH m. AMLASH-1 did not believe that Aragones had invited
J hin to fly back to Havana with him in order to get hin

i back because of any serious security matter. AMLASH-1

i aid state that Aragones was concerned that AMLASH-1 may not
| return to Cuba. Since Aragones cleared AMLASH-1 for his
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trip abroad, he is in a way responsible that AMLASH-1 does
not defect and returns to Cuba. AMLASH-1 feels Aragones
does not want any problemas with Fidel in case AMLASH~1l
decides to stay out,

nm. AMLASH-1 was unable to provide any information on
the political developments in Cuba in mid-November and
¥ since he had been out of the country since early
November. ANMLASH-1 was asked to check on the probleas
between the opposing factions in the Cuban leadership and
explained the issues, the background and personalities
involved. -

©. Soviet advi or influence in political and econonic
matters creates re tment among the middle and higher level
Caban officials. Basically, the Soviets are: not respected.

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p. Rank of Cuban officials under Fidel in teras of
their {influence in making national policy. Reul is still
the heir apparent to Fidel. Next to Raul ie Che Guevara.
After that, no other official, according to AHLASH-1, has
any great influence in the making of Cuban national policy.
President Dorticos' relationship with Fidel is gvod since
be is a hard and serious worker, has good administrative
ability and is able to work within the general outline laid
down by Fidel. Raul Castro has sone political influence |
and control in Oriente where he has placed his men in '
positions of influence, but only Fidel personally bas any
poBtical influence in the rest of Cuba. Even within the
military Fidel selects and appoints high army officers.

Che Guevara is still strong in the economic field and

has not suffered a decline in his influence and authority
because of his eurlier policy of industrialization.

Guevara restricts himself to the econonie field and plays

a@ very s7a11 role in the political field. He is serious
and very hard worker, one of the few, according to AHLASH-1,
who has worked seven days a week without leave since the
revolution, Emilio Aragones holds an important postion

as the organizational secretary of the PURS. He is the
official who was always at the office of the National
Directorate of the Party and has contact with all the
officials in the regime, He plays an important coordinating
role, Faure Chomon has been accused of organizing former
13th of Harch Revolutionary Directorate people, but,
according to AMLASH-1, this probably based on the fact that
Chomon always gives jobs tn the ministry he heads to DR
people, Because of this Chomon today controls to 3 large
degree the Ministry of Transportation. Of all the ainistries,
the DR's stronghold is in the Ministry of Transportation,
Other DR people who continue to hold important positions

in the regime are Alberto Mora, Ambassador Carrillo and
Jose Naranjo, er

q. AMLASH~1 and AMWHIP-1 were unable to develop any
specifics, but from their conversations with Ambassador
Carrillo got the impression that Carrillo would prefer and
welcome a transfer from the Embassy in Paris to the
Enbassy.in Madrid,

- ©. According to Emilio Aragones, Anibal Escalante
is being considered for a job outside Cuba. The job will
probably be in the commercial/economic field, but a
decision had not been made as of November 1964 as to
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8. AMLASH-1 sgain reported that he feels Orlando
Blanco, Consul of the Cuban Embassy in Bern, is
approachable since he is unhappy with the Cuban regime,
AMLASH-1 also feels that Enrique Rodriguez Loeches,

Cuben Ambassador in Pabat, is approachable if approached
and developed by the right person. Marina Garcia Gonzalez
assigned to the commercial section of the Cuban Embassy

in Rabat, AMLASH-1 feels is also approachable and feels
money can be used as an inducement. Ambassador Carrillo,
AMLASH-1 feels, if the proper person developed him, could
robably be compromised with Fidel, He is a charact

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3. AMLASH-1 was also asked information on a long list
of other requirements on Cuba. On uanhy he was unable to pro-
vide information and cables were sent to Headquarters on the
requirements on which he did provide information.

Nestor D, Sanchez
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